Hi Everyone,

Welcome to this weeks, rather PowerShell heavy, edition of This Week @ Microsoft.

Enjoy,

Rob York

Premier Field Engineer

Microsoft UK

Recent Releases:

• Free ebook: Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (Second Preview)  - 20-Aug-2012
• Skype Updates for iPhone and iPad  - 23-Aug-2012
• Visual Studio 2012 released to the web!  - 22-Aug-2012
• Now available: Cumulative Update 1 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager  - 21-Aug-2012
• Open Beta for the System Center 2012 Operations Manager IPD Guide  - 20-Aug-2012
• Lync for Mac 2011 gets improved device support with hotfix 14.0.3  - 24-Aug-2012

Important Announcements:

• The Midweek Download: Aug. 22nd Edition – Developers! Your Tools for Building on Windows 8 & the Microsoft Platform are Ready!  - 22-Aug-2012
•  Announcement: Microsoft Advertising SDK available to UK Developers!  - 24-Aug-2012
• Announcement: 25 Years On - Microsoft have a new Logo!  - 23-Aug-2012
• Office 2013 Extends Support for Open Document Formats  - 20-Aug-2012 

Windows 8 and Server 2012:

• Windows 8 RTM download is here! Information and resources for you.  - 20-Aug-2012
• RemoteFX for WAN: Overview of Intelligent and Adaptive Transports in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012  - 23-Aug-2012
• RemoteFX Multi-Touch for Windows 8  - 22-Aug-2012
• Migrating to Windows Server 2012 Essentials  - 24-Aug-2012
• Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate Essentials available now  - 21-Aug-2012
• DHCP Policies in Windows Server 2012  - 22-Aug-2012

How to:

• Feral Cats: Managing Access databases in your organization  - 22-Aug-2012
• Tricks for creating dropdown lists that let you select multiple items  - 21-Aug-2012
• Using Git with TFS projects  - 20-Aug-2012
• Testing Windows 8 apps using Visual Studio 2012  - 20-Aug-2012
• TFS 2010 workitem tracking part 4  - 20-Aug-2012
• TFS 2010 workitem tracking part 3  - 20-Aug-2012
• Setting Up an Administrative Server for BI in SharePoint 2013  - 20-Aug-2012
• How to Use Resource Metering With PowerShell  - 20-Aug-2012
• PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Create Color Output from Commands  - 25-Aug-201
• Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell and BITS to Simplify Downloading Large Files  - 25-Aug-2012
• Use PowerShell 3.0 to Find Enabled Windows 8 Features  - 24-Aug-2012
• Use PowerShell 3.0 to Clear the Client DNS Cache on Workstations  - 23-Aug-2012
• Use PowerShell to Identify Port Connections in Windows 8  - 22-Aug-2012
• Use PowerShell to Check the License Status of Windows 8  - 21-Aug-2012
• My Five Favorite PowerShell 3.0 Tips and Tricks  - 20-Aug-2012

Betas:

No Betas this week